Comments on: Women’s Equality Day @ Convention

By: Lisa Maatz

Lisa Maatz — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:39:13 +0000

Thanks so much for reading the blog, Ruth. It’s certianly been an adventure. And you’re right, we’ve made great progres for women and girls, and AAUW’s work over the last 127 years has been a driving force in that movement. Now, I feel like some of our most challenging work is ahead — because its the kind that will cement the progress we’ve made. AAUW’s agenda is all about progress for women, breaking down barriers, and that perspective works — no matter what convention I’m at.

Off to St. Paul!

By: Ruth Smiley

Ruth Smiley — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:38:02 +0000

Thanks for your insights, Lisa. You are a great representative for AAUW! I was thrilled to hear Lilly Ledbetter and Hillary Clinton. We’re making progress, but there’s still much for AAUW to accomplish in achieving equity for women and girls.

Ruth Johnson Smiley
AAUW of Tennessee

By: Lisa Maatz

Lisa Maatz — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:25:34 +0000

Thanks, Gloria … for reading and your enthusiasm. Even cooler, there are many AAUW members who are delegates, and they’ve been ambassadors for our priorities too. We have some attendees in St. Paul, too, so once again AAUW’s multipartisan membership serves us well.

By: Gloria Leonard

Gloria Leonard — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:51:09 +0000

Lisa: You make us proud! I’m loving the AAUW blog; listening to the voices of women at the Convention, thinking of our long struggle for equity and where it’s brought us, tears of joy and goosebumps appear on a regular basis. We’re dancing as fast as we can out here in the AAUW branches – we hear the dogs in the woods!

Gloria Leonard
AAUW San Jose